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Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya is unarguably the finest all-rounder that the Indian team has had in their ranks for a long time. While the dashing cricketer is often seen making headlines because of his all-round performances on the field, the biggest rumour circulating on the internet about his off-the-field life is that of his love affair with Bollywood actress Elli AvrRam. …

Pyeongchang: India’s winter sports poster boy Shiva Keshavan today brought the curtains down on his over two-decade international career with a 34th-place finish in the men’s luge singles event of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics here. Taking part in his sixth and last Olympics, the 36-year- old Keshavan produced the best timing of his campaign as he covered the 1,344 metre …

New Delhi: Roll your memories back to January 17 when ‘this’ Team India, touted to break the South African jinx, lost the first two Test matches in the series against Faf du Plessis‘ men. Virat Kohli was amid criticisms for his team selections, while the batsmen were condemned for their dismal performance in the two matches despite the bowler’s effort …

Trailing the 6-match ODI series against India 0-3 after the conclusion of the first three matches, South Africa have the best possible news ahead of the 4th ODI. Star batsman AB de Villiers, who didn’t feature in any of the 50-over matches before, has marked his return in the squad. While De Villiers absence from half of the ODI series …

Barcelona reached the King’s Cup final for a record fifth year in a row on Thursday with a 2-0 second leg win at Valencia in which Philippe Coutinho scored his first goal for the club as they secured a 3-0 aggregate semi-final success. Valencia bossed the first half at a packed Mestalla as the hosts chased down a 1-0 deficit …

India’s wrist-spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal have been phenomenal since the start of the ODI series in South Africa and have virtually been solely responsible for the Proteas’ batsmen’s struggle in all three concluded matches so far. The spin-duo once again claimed 8 wickets between them during the third ODI in Cape Town to hand the visitors …

Indian wicket-keeper batsman MS Dhoni reached the special figure of 400 dismissals from behind the stumps during third ODI between India and South Africa in Cape Town, becoming the first Indian cricketer ever to reach the landmark that only Kumar Sangakkara, Adam Gilchrist and Mark Boucher have matched before. It was one of those special Dhoni stumpings once again, with the …

New Delhi: Roll your memory back to January 17 when Team India, touted to break the South Africa jinx, lost the first two Test matches in the series against Faf du Plessis’ men. Virat Kohli was amid criticisms for his team selections, while the batsmen were condemned for their dismal performance in the two matches despite the bowler’s effort in revival. …

Dubai: The Chittagong Test pitch has been rated as “below average” by the International Cricket Council (ICC) following the high-scoring draw in the opening Test match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The pitch has also received one demerit point according to the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process. The demerit point will remain active for a rolling five-year period and …

New Delhi: The week around the IPL auction was “stressful” and left India’s U-19 coach Rahul Dravid “worried” as some of his players, in the middle of an incredible run in the World Cup, waited with bated breath to land lucrative contracts. However, no distraction could come in their way of winning a record fourth U-19 World Cup title, as …